Much of the majority of humanity has felt guilt at one point in their life, whether it is an everyday occurrence or a single moment. Guilt prompts aids people to make in making decisions they would not have made otherwise make before, causing their life as well as their morals to spiral uncontrollably. a spiraling effect for that person. Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, illustrates this exactly. Throughout the tragedy, Shakespeare explains how guilt plagues the minds consciences of the many through Lady Macbeth and her husband Macbeth, ultimately contributing to their inability to distinguish right from wrong, causing them to make rash and illogical decisions. consuming their consciences and contributing to their demise. …show more content…
Guilt has coerced Lady Macbeth to become this ruthless character, as shown through her assertion that the sleeping and the dead are equals, which are entirely different phenomena. This demonstrates Lady Macbeth’s loss of morals because she has engaged in lying to herself to make herself believe that Duncan’s murder was justified. Lady Macbeth’s strong and ruthless character is evident through the fact that she compared the sleeping and the dead to pictures using a metaphor, implying that sleep and death are the same thing. And because Secondly, Lady Macbeth says this hideous statement so normally, like it is an everyday occurrence, pointing to the fact that she can hide and cope with the guilt from Duncan’s murder.As the play continues, there is a decline in this characteristic, Lady Macbeth has become more moral and sensible human being. As the play continues, Lady Macbeth has becomes so guilty from not only Duncan’s murder, but …show more content…
Directly after murdering Duncan, Macbeth returns to his bedroom and begins to regret his decision to kill Duncan, stating that “Macbeth does murder sleep, innocent sleep” (2.2.34). Macbeth chooses to talk about his actions in the third person because he does not want to associate himself his actions. to the acts he just did. When one takes responsibility for an action, the use of “I” pertains to the idea that the person is proud of their actions. By talking in third person, Macbeth tries to disconnect himself from the murder, indicating that he is not proud of his actions and revealing that he feels guilty for his action. For the murder of Duncan. But murders are irreversible, and Macbeth can only move on from this, later commenting that he is “on blood, stepped in so far that should [he] wade no more, returning were as tedious as go o’er” (3.4.16-19). The guilt Macbeth has received from the murder of Duncan has caused his moral compass to become inaccurate. The personified pool of blood represents the deep and dark trouble Macbeth has put himself in with Duncan’s murder. Macbeth tries to justify moving on with his evil plot, murdering more people and ruling Scotland tyrannically, by claiming that not killing them would be as troublesome as killing them. This statement is surely false. The fact that Macbeth